Seclusion before and after childbirth; confinement.
〈古〉产妇分娩前后的隔离；分娩期
Example sentencesExamples
He urged the use of chloroform to relieve the pain of childbirth and deplored the policy of refusing to admit unmarried women to lying-in hospitals.
They were in for ten or 14 days, what they called the lying-in period.
It was during the late 1700s that the ancient female privilege of lying-in began to be usurped by a masculine, medical authority in the West.
Women who aspired to social prominence extended the confinement period before birth and the lying-in period afterward to testify to their affluence and physical delicacy.
Nevertheless, on New Year's Day in 1844, after a difficult lying-in, Julia received calls and entertained the governors of Illinois and Massachusetts on turkey and venison.
Synonyms
childbirth, birth, birthing, delivery, nativity
Definition of lying-in in US English:
lying-in
nounˌlīiNG ˈinˌlaɪɪŋ ˈɪn
archaic
Seclusion before and after childbirth; confinement.
〈古〉产妇分娩前后的隔离；分娩期
Example sentencesExamples
It was during the late 1700s that the ancient female privilege of lying-in began to be usurped by a masculine, medical authority in the West.
Nevertheless, on New Year's Day in 1844, after a difficult lying-in, Julia received calls and entertained the governors of Illinois and Massachusetts on turkey and venison.
Women who aspired to social prominence extended the confinement period before birth and the lying-in period afterward to testify to their affluence and physical delicacy.
He urged the use of chloroform to relieve the pain of childbirth and deplored the policy of refusing to admit unmarried women to lying-in hospitals.
They were in for ten or 14 days, what they called the lying-in period.